The Chrisitian Science Monitor reports on the some high stakes cheating on some exams in Asia. Cheating such as hiring a look-a-like to take the exam to get a high score. Also tried was using a tiny microphone and speaker sewed into a shirt which activated a cellphone so your buddy could answers in a textbook for answers. That idea did not work in the end.

The Chicago Tribune resports on a new Education Trust report that says that poorer quality teachers teach more in the higher poverty school districts and is causing test scores to suffer in those districts.

The Detroit News has a new article up on the Kalamazoo Promise.

The LA Times reports that half of California elementary schools are not giving out the proper amount of physical education time to its students.

The News & Observer reports on lawmakers who want to change the date that Kindergartners must turn five years old to start public schooling.

The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the High Tech High charter school wants to open up another school. The High Tech High people has scrapped plans to open up a middle school, but I would to see what they would do if they created one.